different between combined vs combinative

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?nd
• IPA^(key): /k?m?ba?nd/

Adjective

combined (not comparable)

1. Resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. able to be united together, to converge.

   The combined efforts of the emergency workers kept the river from going over its banks, barely.

Antonyms

• uncombined
• divided
• separated

Translations

Verb

combined

1. simple past tense and past participle of combine

   The cook combined equal parts chocolate and vanilla batter in the cake.

Noun

combined (plural combineds)

1. (skiing) Ellipsis of alpine combined. An event in alpine skiing consisting of one run of downhill and two runs of slalom.
   • 1985, Skiing (volume 37, number 7, page 16)

     The race events are downhill, slalom, giant slalom, Super G, and combineds, with each giving points in the same way.

2. (skiing) Ellipsis of nordic combined.

English

Etymology

combination +? -ive.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mb?ne?t?v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?mb?ne?t?v/, /k?m?ba?n?t?v/
• Hyphenation: com?bi?nat?ive

Adjective

combinative (comparative more combinative, superlative most combinative)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination.
2. Serving, tending, or able to combine.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to combination): combinatorial, combinatory
• (serving to combine): amalgamative, coalescent, combinatory, unitive

Antonyms

• (of or pertaining to combination): noncombinative
• (serving to combine): partitive, divisive, separative

Related terms

• combine
• combined
• combinable
• combination

References

• “combinative”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “combinative” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.